Pine Donkey

Those are a couple nice bucks, congratulations!

Thats good stuff, congratulations to all!

Save your money until you are ready to buy a good one. Buy once without regrets.

Great buck! Thanks for posting the story, I really enjoyed it. Mexico coues is definitely on my bucket list!

They just don't get any better than TJ.

Cole does a great job. I have boiled out many skills that turned out great, but the couple Cole did with beatles are a cut above the best boiled skulls. He is a great guy and very accommodating to meet you at different places around Southern AZ. You won't be disappointed with his work.

Wow, great read! Congratulations on your success.

Looks like Rica was lovin it!

Great elk, love the club!

Very nice bull, congratulations!

Didn't Cali just ban bobcat hunting? They may need more little dogs!

Now that's gutting it done, congratulations.

Very nice! Congratulations.

This is an invitation for big trouble. Be prepared for your hunt, and a pack out. If you are not willing to pack, hunt somewhere that you can drive to. I have fixed many cut fences. There is a difference between fixing and patching a fence. To properly fix a wire fence, you must have some extra wire and a stretcher.

Great buck! I love the picture with smiling hunter and proud papa!

He bounded off? Sounds like a muley.

Wow, I've never heard of that technique...reloading without bear?

The tool is the best way. Another thing that works, until you get a tool, is to lightly spray the shoulder/neck with spray foot powder. Size a piece of brass and determine how far down the neck the die is sizing. Turn your die ever-so-slightly and recheck. Once you have a good depth, clean the cartridges then chamber them as a final check. Be very cautious not to move the shoulder too much. After shooting a round check around the outside of the base for any signs of gas leakage or cracking. If you see any signs, you went too far.

My guess is that if it is all cartridges causing the problem you need to bump the shoulder just a bit more. If it is just some of them causing the problem, take a close look at you case length and trim it if needed.

1) you must have quality optics 2) get some elevation on the animal 3) practice year around. Glassing is a skill that needs to be developed, then honed to keep sharp. 4) don't glass for the animal, glass for parts of the animal. Anyone can spot a deer feeding on a glassy hillside, but you need to be able to spot the white on the inside of a coues leg while he stands still in a patch of ocotillo, or the flicker of an ear from a bedded buck as he rests in the shade of a mesquite. 5) slow down your glassing speed. Once you think you are glassing slowly enough, slow down even more.

Stay in the woods during the middle of the day. Don't head back to camp, hotel or wherever you are staying. If you need a nap, take it under a tree. Last year on the November hunt, my daughter took her bull mid day Friday and my wife took hers mid day Saturday. We almost had the woods to ourself at that time.

I agree Graham has done a lot of good in his first three years, as has RR. Heck, they have each taken their teams to the pack 12 Championship game. I think they have both resolidified the programs as tier two programs, but they both severely under performed this year and even took the programs backward. I understand it is not just the head coach; there are other factors like injuries, eligibility, media commitments and scheduling, etc. but when they are paid north of $1,000,000 per year, it all falls in their laps. Keep in mind that these are two of the three highest paid employees of the State of Arizona. It seems like Rodriquez has his focus on an East Coast job, not taking care of business. I'm not sure about Graham, this is the longest he has stayed anywhere. He does not appear to have itchy feet, but maybe he is getting a bit too comfortable...even complacent. As far as playing in 1 BCS game vs 0 during the past 17 years...wow, talk about splitting a fine hare of mediocrity. Both teams are firmly affixed at tier two and it is very disappointing!

I tend to take too much gear, rather than forget something. An item that has become a must in unit 1 and 27 is a chainsaw. The standing trees, now five years dead, are beginning to fall at an alarming rate. I had to cut my way out one afternoon in October. Good luck to all!

Chill? I think not! Chill is a euphemism for accepting mediocrity, and is often followed by blurred memories and justifications to support an undo feeling of grandeur. Case in point is: "ASU is coming off back to back 10 win seasons and post season top 15 rankings". Last year the final AP and Coaches poll had them at 12th and 14th respectively; both figures supporting your statement. However, at the end of the previous year, they came in at 21st and 20th in the same two polls. Sure there are plenty of other polls we can all cherry pick (College Football Playoff Ranking, etc.) to support an argument, but these two have been the bellwether for decades. I see it as a justification for continued mediocrity. As a tax payer in the State of Arizona, a former student of both schools, and a die hard supporter of sports throughout the state, I feel we deserve better. Our two big schools will be competing in a couple "also ran" bowls this year; I'm not content with this and I will not try to pretend it is an accurate measure of success! Neither of these teams is ever included in a discussion of upper tier programs, even after a flash in the pan season or two. I love die hard fans and everything they bring to the game. If you are happy with your team, great. I am not looking to pick a fight on this site ( especially in the Elk Hunting forum...what the heck Lark!), I am just trying to promote the idea that we are not receiving the return on investment that is deserved or promised. I want more from these teams! Both schools are positioned to become tier one programs, yet have continually failed at that quest.

The Sun Devils dominated. This was a game between two pretty weak teams who have underachieved all year. ASU won, but they beat a pretty pathetic team with only one quality win all year. Both programs have a bunch of work to do before they will gain any respect outside of this game. The students, alumni, boosters and tax payers are getting the short end of the stick here. Both schools, and the Board of Regents have made major investments in these teams and they are being short-changed on that investment. Those investments were not made to beat up on the kids down the street, they were made to bring some national prominence to the programs. With the exception of a few isolated years, both programs remain insignificant on the national scene. As has been posted before on this site, "Arguing over which of these two teams is better is like two guys arguing over who's spike has bigger eye guards". Both teams need to regroup, hit the recruiting circuit and hopefully give us something to take pride in next year. With all that said, the cup is headed back to Tempe, congratulations Devils.